Karl Schiffmann started practicing yoga over 20 years ago and currently teaches at studios in Santa Barbara, California.  While Karl has studied with many wonderful teachers, his main influences have been his brother Erich Schiffmann, as well as Lisa Walford and Sarah Powers, and for the last two years, John Friend.

He has extensive training and practice in various meditation techniques spanning over thirty years and has been practicing Vipassana meditations the last five.